Amine salts of dyestuffs containing one or more acid groups and their production



Patented Apr. 21, 1936 AMINE SALTS OF DYES'I'UFFS CONTAINING ONE OR MOREACID GROUPS AND THEIR PRODUCTION Harry George Kiernan, Buffalo, N. Y.,assignor to National Aniline and Chemical Company,

Inc., New York, N. Y., a

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corporation of New Application May 2'1, 1930, Serial Renewed August 29,1935 24 Claims. (01. 26044.6)

The present invention relates to new coloring matters and tocompositions containing the same. The process of preparing the newcoloring matters and the process of preparing the compositionscontaining the same, also form a part of the present invention.

. Alccording to the present invention, I have found that new coloringmatters may be prepared which comprise theorganic reaction products of adyestuff containing an acid group with an arylamine containing aninorganic substituent in the nucleus. Further, in accordance with thepresent invention, the new coloring matters may be compounded withplastic, coating or molding compositions, with or without the presenceof a suitable solvent therefor. They may be also employed as pigments orlakes, or they may be employed as stains in solution with a suitablesolvent, etc.

In preparing the new coloring matters, according to the presentinvention, a dyestufi containing at least one acid group is reacted withan The reaction preferably is carried out in an aqueous medium, byadding to a hot water solution of a water soluble metal salt of saiddyestuff a solution of a salt of the said arylamine to form the newcoloring matters which are precipitated out of solution and may befiltered off and dried. The new coloring matters may be incorporatedwith plastic, coating or molding compositions, such as natural orartificial resins (for example, shellac, bakelite resins, glyptalresins, etc.), pyroxylin, cellulose esters and ethers, varnish, etc.,with or Without the presence of a suitable solvent therefor, to producecolored masses or solutions of the same. They may, also be dissolved insuitable solvents for use in staining wood, etc.

ter is varied by combination with the arylamine. The new coloringmatters may be incorporated with various compositions as hereinbeforementioned. Lacquers colored with the new spirit soluble coloring mattersfurnish coatings distinguished by richness of shade and brightness onmaterials of all kinds. The alcohol' soluble new coloring matters have adistinct advantage over oil soluble dyes ordinarily used in celluloidcompositions in that celluloid plastics colored with the new dyes can becemented to white or ticularly desirable for use in staining wood whichis to be coated with a pyroxylin lacquer, since no running of the coloroccurs.

The color of leather, which has been dyed with a dyestuif containing anacid group and afterwards treated with the acid salt of an arylaminecontaining inorganic substituents in the nucleus, becomes betterresistant to fat liquor used for softening chrome tanned leather.

The above general designation a dyestufi containing at least one acidgroup, will readily be understood to denote and include dyestuffs, or

metal salts thereof, of all classes which containone or more true acidgroups, such as the sulfonic acid group or carboxyllc acid group, andparticularly of the class known as acid dyestuffs, and not to includedyestuffs which contain a phenolic hydroxyl group but not a true acidgroup. The invention is particularly applicable to the conversion intonew coloring matters of acid dyestuffs of the azo class, such as themonazo-, disazo-, trisazo-dyes, etc., and more particularly of themonazo dyestuffs containing a sulfonic group.

The term "arylamine containing at least one inorganic substituent in thenucleus is intended to denote and include primary, secondary andtertiary arylamines containing oneor more inorganic substituents whereinthe inorganic substituent does or does not link an organic radical tothe aryl residue. Although I prefer to employ arylamines, particularlyof the benzene series, containing non-ligamentary inorganic substituentsin the nucleus, 1. e., arylamines wherein the inorganic substituentdoes'not link an organic radical to the aryl nucleus (for examplep-aminophenol, p-aminoanthraquinone, chloraniline, di-

chloraniline, sulfanil'ic acid, p-nitraniline, m-nitraniline,m-nitro-p-toluidine, p-nitro-toluidine, dichlor-p-nitraniline, etc.),the invention is not limited thereto but includes the employment ofarylamines containing ligamentary inorganic substituents in the nucleus,i. -e., arylamines wherein an inorganic substituent links an organicradical to the aryl nucleus (for example, anisidine, dianisidine,cresidine, aminoazobenzene, aminoazotoluene," thioaniline,3-thio-o-toluidine, etc.). However, other arylamines, such as the estersof aminobenzoic acid, of anthranilic acid, etc.; may be employed.

The new coloring matters are probably salts of the bases employed,wherein one or more acid groups of the dyestuff are combined with thestoichiometric proportion of an arylamine as herein specified. However,I do not intend to be limited to the above theory in defining myinvention.

The invention is illustrated by the following examples. The parts are byweight.

Crocein orange Y with p-aminophenol Example 1.-To a boiling solution of50 parts of crocein orange Y concentrated (Color Index No. 26), as themono sodium salt, dissolved in 2500 parts of water, there is added anaqueous solution containing about 8.3 per cent. p-aminophenol and 2.62per cent. HCl, until the precipitation of the new coloring matter issubstantially complete. The precipitated coloring matter is filtered offhot, washed and dried. It is an orange powder, difficultly soluble inwater, and soluble in alcohol with an orange colored solution.

Crocein scarlet M 00 with p-nitranilz'ne Example 2.To a boiling solutionof 50 parts of crocein scarlet MOO (Color Index No. 252), as the monosodium salt, dissolved in 2500 parts of water, there is added an aqueoussolution containing about 8.3 per cent. p-nitraniline and 2.62 per cent.hydrochloric acid until the precipitation of the new coloring matter issubstantially complete. The precipitated coloring matter is filteredhot, washed and dried. It is a scarlet powder, soluble in alcohol with ascarlet colored solution.

Example 3.-By following the procedure described in Example 1, using 50parts alizarine cyanine green GX (Color Index No. 1078) as its sodiumsalt in place of crocein orange Y, a new coloring matter is obtained,which when dried is a green powder soluble in alcohol with a greencolor.

Example '4.-By following the procedure described in Example 2, using 50parts alizarine cyanine green GX as its sodium salt in place of croceinscarlet M00, 2. new coloring matter is produced, which when dried is agreen powder, soluble in alcohol with a green color.

Example 5.By following the procedure described in Example 2, using 50parts of the sodium salt ofi-benzene-azol-(2'-chlor-5-sulfophenyl)-3-methyl-5-hydroxypyrazol inplace of crocein scarlet MOO, a new coloring matter is produced whichwhen dried is a yellow powder, soluble in alcohol with a yellow color.

The procedure, as described in the above examples, is not dependent uponany theory for its operativeness, it being only necessary to add theacid solution of the arylamine to the dyestufi containing an acidradical until reaction is complete, as indicated when no increase in thequantity of precipitate is noted. The quantity of water and of acidemployed, the temperature and other conditions, may be varied throughwide limits. Instead of an acid solution of arylamine, a water solutionof the corresponding arylamine salt may be used. Also, in place ofhydrochloric acid, other mineral acids for example, sulfuric acid, ororganic acids, for example acetic acid, may be employed.

As an alternative procedure, for preparing the new coloring matters, thea'rylamine salts above specified may be mixed with the dyestuff in theform of the salt and a solvent for the new coloring matter added tobring about the reaction. Or the free arylamine may be reacted with thedyestuff in the form of the free acid in the presence or absence of asolvent.

As a further illustration of the invention, any

one of the following dyestufis may be combined with any one of the baseshereinbei'ore mentioned, in the manner as herein described to producethe corresponding new coloring matters:

O. I. Name C. I. Name Metanil yellow Fast iuchsine G Superchrome blue BSuperchrome violet B Superchrome red B Alizarol brown 2R Acid lastviolet BG Alizarine cyanino green 31 Fast crimson GR Alizarin sapphireSE 26 Crocein orange Y conc Azorubinc Alphazurine F( Wool orange A"...Orocein scarlet MOO 252 299 Chrome black F 636 Fast wool yellow 3GL.i062 Alizarine blue 2B0 57 Fast crimson 6BL 598 Erie fast brown GR 146A20 yellow A5W. 420 Erie fast brown 3RB 1180 Indigotine 581 Erie blackGXOO 16S Superchrome garnet Y 419 Erie fast red FD 56 Fast luchsine 6B27 Wool orange 2G 161 Wool orange R 208 Fast wool blue R Bufialo blackNBR 4-benzene-azo-1- (2-chlor-5-sulfophenyl) 3 methyl-S-hydroxypyrazol(U. S. P. 1,511,074).

Pyrorylin molding compositions Example 6.-One part orange coloringmatter, obtained by reacting in acid solution crocein orange Y withp-aminophenol, as described above in Example 1, is dissolved in 1 gallonalcohol, and suflicient of this solution is then added to a mixture ofParts Pyroxylin Camphor 35 Urea c 1 to produce the desired shade. Thecolored plastic mass is then molded to shape under heat and pressure.

Wood stain Example 7.One part green coloring matter, obtained byreacting in acid solution alizarine cyanine green GX with p-aminophenol,as described in Example 3, is dissolved in 25 parts of denaturedalcohol. About 10 parts benzol are then added. The resulting solutiondoes not raise the grain of wood, and stains it a light green which isfast to light and does not bleed when covered with a nitro-celluloselacquer.

Pyrozyl in lacquer Example 8.One ounce of scarlet'coloring matter,obtained by reacting crocein scarlet MOO with p-nitraniline as describedin Example 2, is dissolved in one pint of denatured alcohol. Sufficientof this solution is added to a pyroxylin lacquer prepared by mixing Theabove ingredients are thoroughly mixed and milled into sheets which arethen powdered and molded under heat and pressure to form a coloredbakelite C composition.

I claim:

1. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuifcontaining at least one acid group but not containing a diazo group withan arylamine containing at least one inorganic substituent in thenucleus.

2. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuffcontaining at least one sulfo group but not containing a diazo groupwith an arylamine containing at least one inorganic substituent in thenucleus.

3. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuffcontaining at least one sulfo group but not containing a diazo groupwith a phenylamine containing at least one inorganic substituent in thenucleus.

4. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuifcontaining a sulfo group but not'containing a diazo group withp-aminophenol.

5. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuifcontaining a sulfo group but not containing a diazo group withparanitraniiine.

6. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product-of a dyestuficontaining an acid group but not containing a diazo group with anarylamine containing at least one non-ligamentary inorganic substituentin the nucleus.

'7. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of a dyestuficontaining a sulfo group but not containing a diazo group with anarylamine containing at least one non-ligamentary inorganic substituentin the nucleus.

8. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product ofcrocein orangeY with para-aminophenol, said salt being soluble in alcohol.

9. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of4-benzene-azo-1 (2'-chlor-5'-sullophenyl)-3-methy1-5-hydroxypyrazol withparanitraniline, said salt being soluble in alcohol.

10. The process for producing a colored composition which comprisesreacting a dyestufi containing at least one acid group but notcontaining a diazo group with an arylamine containing at least oneinorganic substituent in the necleus to produce an amine salt.

11. The process for producinga colored composition which comprisesreacting a dyestuif containing at least one sulfo group but notcontaining a diazo group with an arylamine containing at least oneinorganic substituent in the nucelus to produce an amine salt.

12. The process for producing a colored composition which comprisesreacting a dyestufi containing at least one sulfo group but notcontaining a diazo group with an arylamine containing at least onenon-ligamentary inorganic substituent in the nucleus to produce an aminesalt.

13. A process for producing a colored composition which comprisesreacting a dyestufi containing at least one sulfo group but notcontaining a diazo group with a phenylamine containing at least onenon-ligamentary inorganic substituent in the nucleus to produce an aminesalt.

14. The process for producing a colored comsition which comprisesreacting a dyestuii containing at least one sulfo group but notcontaining av diazo group with para-nitraniline in the presence of anacid.

16. The process which comprises reacting in the presence of an acidcrocein orange Y with para-aminophenol.

17. The process for producinga colored composition which comprisesheating an aqueous solution of a metal salt of an azo dye'stuffcontaining at least one acid group but not containing a diazo group withan arylamine containing at least one inorganic substituent in thenucleus in the presence of an acid.

18. The process for producing a colored composition which comprisesheating an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of an azo dyestuficontaining at least one sulfo group but not containing a diazo groupwith a phenylamine containing at least one non-ligamentary inorganicsubstituent in the nucleus in the presence of an acid selected from thegroup consisting of hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and acetic acid.

19. The process for producing a colored composition which comprisesheating an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of a monazo dyestuficontaining at least one sulfo group but not containing a diazo groupwith para-aminophenol and hydrochloric acid.

20. The process for producing a colored composition which comprisesheating an aqueous solution of an alkali metal salt of a monazo dyestuffcontaining at least one sulfo group but not containing a diazo groupwith para-nitraniline and hydrochloric acid.

21. The process which comprises reacting in the presence of an acid4-benzene-azo-1 (2'-chl0r-5- sulfophenyl) 3 -methyl- 5 -hydroxypyrazoland para-nitraniline.

22. The organic amine salt which is the reaction product of an azodyestufi containing a. sulfo group but not containing a diazo group witha phenylamine containing at least one nonligamentary inorganicsubstituent in the nucleus.

23. The organic amine salt which is the reac- HARRY GEORGE

